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1 week ago | 
insidethestar.com | Richard Paolinelli
The Dallas Cowboys will have two picks in the sixth round of the NFL Draft next week. That’s the good news. The bad news is that both picks fall in the bottom third of the round. With as many needs this roster has to fill, it becomes more important than ever for the Cowboys to hit on both of these picks. Last week I mapped out how my three picks would play out for the Cowboys in the first three rounds. Cody Warren has posted his mock of the Cowboys’ draft.
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1 week ago | 
insidethestar.com | Richard Paolinelli
Near the end of the 2024 college football season, LSU receiver Kyren Lacy was a potential first-round pick in next week’s draft. That all changed in mid-December on a road in Louisiana. Lacy was allegedly driving recklessly, speeding and passing in a no-passing zone that morning. An oncoming car swerved to avoid hitting Lacy’s car. That vehicle could not avoid a head-on collision with the car Lacy was passing. Lacy did not stop or call 911.
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1 week ago | 
insidethestar.com | Richard Paolinelli
After taking the first couple of hours off of the Saturday session of the draft, the Dallas Cowboys will get back to work in the fifth round. Dallas will have two draft picks in this round to work with. At one point, they had four picks in the fifth round. They shipped off one to Buffalo for a back-up cornerback who might develop into a quality starter. The other went to New England to upgrade the Cowboys’ backup quarterback situation.
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1 week ago | 
insidethestar.com | Richard Paolinelli
Last week, I mocked the first three rounds of next week’s NFL Draft, as did Mark Heaney. I stopped after three rounds for two reasons. The first being, for the second-straight year, Dallas doesn’t have a fourth rounder due to a poor trade. The second being that, after three rounds, the reaching begins in earnest. Trying to figure out the mindset of Jerry Jones going into a draft is exhausting enough.
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1 week ago | 
insidethestar.com | Richard Paolinelli
When the 2025 NFL Draft gets underway in Green Bay next week, the Dallas Cowboys will be without a fourth-round pick for the second straight year. And they have no one else to blame but themselves for it. Last year’s fourth-round pick had been traded to the San Francisco 49ers back before the 2023 season began for quarterback Trey Lance.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Richard Paolinelli
Barring this suggested trade, and based on the earlier mocks of the first and second rounds, the Dallas Cowboys will likely pull the trigger on a running back on Friday night. By then, however, the top players will likely be gone. There is one running back who made a name for himself in his senior season who might be there. Arizona State’s Cam Skattebo is a versatile power back with a lot of upside.
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1 week ago | 
insidethestar.com | Richard Paolinelli
Barring this suggested trade, and based on the earlier mocks of the first and second rounds, the Dallas Cowboys will likely pull the trigger on a running back on Friday night. By then, however, the top players will likely be gone. There is one running back who made a name for himself in his senior season who might be there. Arizona State’s Cam Skattebo is a versatile power back with a lot of upside.
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2 weeks ago | 
yardbarker.com | Richard Paolinelli
The Dallas Cowboys currently hold 10 draft picks going into this year’s NFL draft. Which begs the question:Do they use all 10 picks and draft 10 players? Or, do they take some of those extra picks in the final three rounds and take a big swing in the first round? Jerry Jones hasn’t taken many such swings, especially since getting burned once a few years back. Still, it is a move the Cowboys need to be considering.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidethestar.com | Richard Paolinelli
In a move that should have happened the instant the NFL lifted its league-wide ban on any team jersey having just a “0” on it, DeMarvion Overshown is back as Agent 0. When the NFL lifted the restriction, then safety Jayron Kearse was slated to wear the number but instead was issued a “1”, leaving fans to speculate. Would it go to the rookie Overshown instead? As it turned out, no one got the number. In 2023 or 2024.
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2 weeks ago | 
insidethestar.com | Richard Paolinelli
The Dallas Cowboys currently hold 10 draft picks going into this year’s NFL draft. Which begs the question:Do they use all 10 picks and draft 10 players? Or, do they take some of those extra picks in the final three rounds and take a big swing in the first round? Jerry Jones hasn’t taken many such swings, especially since getting burned once a few years back. Still, it is a move the Cowboys need to be considering. Especially if the right player is there to be taken.
